Look, when I was younger, my grandfather used to leave the keys inside the car in the ignition whenever we went anywhere - church, the store, the park, etc. Now, that is unthinkable - at least to me.
Our media refuse to report the great number of black-on-white crimes just like the one above, and show everything as hunky-dorey on the TV, that we supposedly should trust each other, nothing to worry about, crime is down, etc. - leaving your doors wide open is NO problem, and that to not do so means you are a racist and hater.
This is the attitude I have to combat with my 23 year old daughter every single day - and one of the reasons I longer sleep well at night. She rolls her eyes at me when I remind her to lock her apartment door at all times even, and especially, when she is inside.
But, after her last apartment was robbed while her roommates were inside asleep (last week), her close friend robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight by a black man on a Sunday morning on the street in front of their building, and she had her cell phone stolen off of her lap by a black man that came up behind her, snatched it and ran off - she is starting to realize things are as safe as what is being portrayed on TV and the media.
Maybe I'm just getting old, or maybe I'm a crazy, overprotective mother, I don't know...but I do know this: I do NOT want to be sitting in front of my daughter's casket in church screaming and crying because she was too trusting of this world -- like the case above.
With that said, all the best to you, friend, and please stay safe. I want you to have a nice, long, safe life.
John Derbyshire once wrote an essay for Taki’s Magazine that got him fired by the girlyboy editors at National Review. His essay was titled ‘The Talk: Nonblack Version’.
The title is a reference to ‘the talk’ that Black parents are reputed to give to their teenage sons dealing with racial reality in modern America. Derbyshire’s ‘talk’ also deals with what he sees as racial reality in modern America; his version counters what Derbyshire sees as politically correct illusions that put naive suburban kids in physical danger. His essay can be found on the web and it will sound just like what you have been trying to tell your daughter.